Grimoire gameplay and hints thread

[climber513]

So, what is the answer to the Reaver on Waterport? I tried COLLECT POSSESSIONS, MY HOUSE, LOOTING, ITEMS... and nothing.

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Just plain "possessions" worked for me. If you haven't figured it out yet.

 

[Haba]

I'm pretty much done with the "first act", but I am missing a few things. 100% on nearly all maps, but...

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Great Hall of Samhain, when you sleep on the demonic summoning circle, you get a message but nothing else happens, is this relevant?

Also in the Great Hall of Samhain, the rune slab and the lightning orbs, how do they work?

And how do I decode the runes to unlock the Phoenix Gate in Samhain?

 

[Lord Andre]

What skills are people investing in for the section with "Evasion/swimming/climbing" etc. I've been dumping into swimming because I read somewhere that you need to swim a few titles later on, but is there something more useful I should be focusing on?

I assume you mean a class that has no specialty skill there... If it's not a shield guy, maybe pump throwing ? The metal balls make the target unconscious from time to time... Scout maybe, if you don't have some one better doing it. Or if you plan on multiclassing, hoard the skills to dump them all at once later when you learn a cool skill... It depends on the class and what skills you already have covered by the other guys...

 

[Biggus]

Dunno if this'll translate to this new 'save fix' version, but while you can't load 1.2.0.7 saves into older versions, you can load the 1.2.0.7 player library into them. Saves rereolling, that has to be good... right?

 

[Lady_Error]

What skills are people investing in for the section with "Evasion/swimming/climbing" etc. I've been dumping into swimming because I read somewhere that you need to swim a few titles later on, but is there something more useful I should be focusing on?

Swimming needs maybe a couple points to swim two squares and then cast refresh at the lowest setting to swim the third square you will need.

 

[buru5]

What skills are people investing in for the section with "Evasion/swimming/climbing" etc. I've been dumping into swimming because I read somewhere that you need to swim a few titles later on, but is there something more useful I should be focusing on?

I assume you mean a class that has no specialty skill there... If it's not a shield guy, maybe pump throwing ? The metal balls make the target unconscious from time to time... Scout maybe, if you don't have some one better doing it. Or if you plan on multiclassing, hoard the skills to dump them all at once later when you learn a cool skill... It depends on the class and what skills you already have covered by the other guys...

Well yeah, but I'm pretty sure Shield isn't in that category. It seems like mostly overworld-inclined skills, not combat or equipment skills. I've got all the skills I need covered, my ranger is a scout for example, so I don't need to invest in that on other characters. Evasion/Swimming seems like the best option, but Idk.

 

[JarlFrank]

Help, what do with the broken harness to make it not break apart and make me fall to my death?

 

[Lady_Error]

Help, what do with the broken harness to make it not break apart and make me fall to my death?

There is a secret room next to where you found it.

 

[Lady_Error]

What skills are people investing in for the section with "Evasion/swimming/climbing" etc. I've been dumping into swimming because I read somewhere that you need to swim a few titles later on, but is there something more useful I should be focusing on?

I assume you mean a class that has no specialty skill there... If it's not a shield guy, maybe pump throwing ? The metal balls make the target unconscious from time to time... Scout maybe, if you don't have some one better doing it. Or if you plan on multiclassing, hoard the skills to dump them all at once later when you learn a cool skill... It depends on the class and what skills you already have covered by the other guys...

Well yeah, but I'm pretty sure Shield isn't in that category. It seems like mostly overworld-inclined skills, not combat or equipment skills. I've got all the skills I need covered, my ranger is a scout for example, so I don't need to invest in that on other characters. Evasion/Swimming seems like the best option, but Idk.

Speaking of evasion, it seems to be about retreating from combat and running away, right? I'm not sure if it helps with agility in combat.

 

[buru5]

Speaking of evasion, it seems to be about retreating from combat and running away, right? I'm not sure if it helps with agility in combat.

Retreating from combat, I think that's all it governs. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I've got like 20 Evasion in most of my characters and they still haven't been able to successfully retreat from a battle. Maybe once it gets higher.

 

[Jaesun]

I haven't started yet, should I wait for a patch later today, or just go ahead with the current version?

 

[Lord Andre]

Well yeah, but I'm pretty sure Shield isn't in that category. It seems like mostly overworld-inclined skills, not combat or equipment skills. I've got all the skills I need covered, my ranger is a scout for example, so I don't need to invest in that on other characters. Evasion/Swimming seems like the best option, but Idk.

I meant a character that uses a shield has no free hand for throwing items. My advice would be to hold on to the points since that way you can invest them on the spot if ever the need arises.

If the need never arises and you switch to assassin at level 10, you can immediately dump a ton of points into lethal blow, for example.

 

[buru5]

Well yeah, but I'm pretty sure Shield isn't in that category. It seems like mostly overworld-inclined skills, not combat or equipment skills. I've got all the skills I need covered, my ranger is a scout for example, so I don't need to invest in that on other characters. Evasion/Swimming seems like the best option, but Idk.

I meant a character that uses a shield has no free hand for throwing items. My advice would be to hold on to the points since that way you can invest them on the spot if ever the need arises.

If the need never arises and you switch to assassin at level 10, you can immediately dump a ton of points into lethal blow, for example.

Lethal Blow is not in the same category as Evasion/Swimming/Combat, or is it?

 

[Baff]

I haven't started yet, should I wait for a patch later today, or just go ahead with the current version?

You should be safe working on character creation, but do not start adventuring in the current version.

 

[Lord Andre]

I haven't started yet, should I wait for a patch later today, or just go ahead with the current version?

Wait. And plan you're party in the meantime. There were links to 3 .rtf files floating around the thread that help a ton. If you roll some good characters and don't want to lose them, back up the char library file. It doesn't get broken like the saves but steams overwrites it when updating. The name of the char library file was also floating around. I have bad memory for names...

Lethal Blow is not in the same category as Evasion/Swimming/Combat, or is it?

It is Luke, check your feelings ranger, you know it to be true.

 

[Lord Andre]

Just looking at the game directory, it seems obvious now that the char library file can only be "RPG100.LIB". Duh.

 

[mondblut]

Dunno if this'll translate to this new 'save fix' version, but while you can't load 1.2.0.7 saves into older versions, you can load the 1.2.0.7 player library into them. Saves rereolling, that has to be good... right?

You can even load the superdemo library.

Heck, I am pretty sure you can load a save into hex edit program and copy the relevant portion from old save to new with all items and shit (maybe no spells though), to quickly breeze through what you played before if you think of upgrading to save-incompatible version. The amount of bytes per character and their position seems identical to the library, and I did in fact overwrote one of ongoing chars I was displeased with a newly created one copied from the library.

Hey Zep Zepo , don't you want to add a functionality to export and import characters between saves and the library to your editor? Now that would make it useful for more than mere cheating.

 

[buru5]

It is Luke, check your feelings ranger, you know it to be true.

I concede, you are correct.

 

[Danthar]

Speaking of evasion, it seems to be about retreating from combat and running away, right? I'm not sure if it helps with agility in combat.

Retreating from combat, I think that's all it governs. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I've got like 20 Evasion in most of my characters and they still haven't been able to successfully retreat from a battle. Maybe once it gets higher.

Oh wow, and I thought it was almost a guaranteed success. Tried it out with 0 points and no problem. Maybe depends on status effects? I had no negatives.

 

[Polanski]

Anyone know how to change the order of my party? It is irritating to have a fighter join me and stand in the back lines.

 

[Tigranes]

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[buru5]

Speaking of evasion, it seems to be about retreating from combat and running away, right? I'm not sure if it helps with agility in combat.

Retreating from combat, I think that's all it governs. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I've got like 20 Evasion in most of my characters and they still haven't been able to successfully retreat from a battle. Maybe once it gets higher.

Oh wow, and I thought it was almost a guaranteed success. Tried it out with 0 points and no problem. Maybe depends on status effects? I had no negatives.

I had no status effects, but the only time I've tried to retreat is in a battle with Mordecai. Maybe you can't flee from him or he has a very high Evasion requirement.

 

[JarlFrank]

Looks like I'm a little stuck. I got the

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Royal Seal of Loogmar from the dwarf vendor in Crowl after giving him that letter from his father. I have a couple of essential items from all over the place, but I dunno how to cross that chasm to get to the other side and open the gate with the seal. The one thing I haven't done yet is to go into the baths and find the missing sister. There's a locked gate down there I don't know how to open, and I already went through the tomb of that saint, up into the eyrie, and found that huge egg. No idea what to do with it tho.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

 

[Tigranes]

Wait, so a Berserker will, at some point, cast healing spells, or something?

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